Pictorial post-card.



PATENTED FEB. 13

K. MUNSTER. PIGTORIAL POST CARD.-

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 26. 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE KARL MONSTER, OF MUNICH, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM OF BECKER &' KOLBLINGER, OF MUNICH, GERMANY.

PICTORIAL POST-CARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

T0 (LZZ whom it 17mg concern:

Be it known that I, KARL Mi'INsTER, a citizen of Germany, residing at Munich, Bavaria, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pictorial Post Cards; and I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to pictorial postcards, and has for its object the provision of such a card having the capacity for a large number of views.

As distinguished from the ordinary postcard, which carries usually but one view and that upon its face, the present invention is arranged as a mailing-case containing a pictured strip folded to occupy a minimum of space within the case and withdrawable to an extent sufficient to enable the recipient to examine the pictures without entirely sepa rating the views and the case.

-In the accompanying drawings is illustrated a post-card constructed according to the present invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents in longitudinal section on the line 1 1 of Fig. 3 the pictured slide in the case ready for mailing. Fig. 2 represents the slide withdrawn for inspection of the pictures; and Fig. 3 is a top plan of Fig. 2, partially broken away to illustrate the connection between the pictured slide and the case.

The slide a, consisting of stiif cardboard, is provided with a two-part hinged cover 0, connected together at c and normally held in an open position by an elastic b. Fastened to this slide is a folded paper strip 6, adapted to carry upon its face one or more pictures, which strip may be extended for the purpose of ready inspection or may be folded compactly between the slide a and the hinged cover 0. The slide bearing the pictured strip and protected by the hinged cover 0 is arranged, within the case (I and prevented, from being entirely withdrawn therefrom by means of a band f connecting the slide and case and of a sufficient length to allow the case to be withdrawn until the hinge of the cover reaches the edge of the case, when the tension of the elastic b will cause the cover to spring open.

By providing the slide with a two-part cover, as shown, it is adapted to receive two sets of views, each upon a separate strip 6, the case being open at both ends and the side susceptible of being withdrawn from either end to an extent suflicient to permit that half of the cover to spring open and the pictures carried by that strip to'be examined, while the other pictured strip remains within the case, as shown in Fig. 3.

It is obvious that the slide may be provided with but one hinged cover and one pictured strip, in which event the slide a would be withdrawable from the case (1 in but the one direction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A pictorial post-card comprising a slide,

a strip secured thereto and adapted to receive pictures, and a cover hinged to the slide and overlying the strip, in combination with a case arranged to contain said slide.

2. A pictorial post-card comprising a slide, a strip secured thereto and adapted to receive pictures, a cover hinged to the slide and arranged to overlie the strip, and an elastic member tending to open the cover, in combination with a case arranged to contain said slide.

3. A pictorial post-card comprising a slide, a strip secured thereto and adapted to receive pictures, a cover hinged to the slide and arranged to overlie the strip, and an elastic member tending to open the cover, in combination with a case arranged to contain said slide, and a connection between the case and slide to prevent the total withdrawal of the latter.

4. A pictorial post-card comprising a slide, a strip secured upon each side of the center andadapted to receive pictures, and a twopart cover hinged to the center of said slide andarranged to overlie the two strips, in combination with a case arranged to contain the slide.

5. A pictorial post-card comprising a slide, a strip secured upon each side of the center and adapted to receive pictures, and a two part cover hinged to the center of said slide and arranged to overlie the two strips, an

elastic connecting the two parts of the hinged cover, in combination with a case arranged to contain the slide.

6. A pictorial post-card comprising a slide,

a strip secured upon each side of the center and adapted to receive pictures, and a twopart cover hinged to the center of said slide and arranged to overlie the two strips, an elastic connecting the two parts of the hinged cover under tension, in combination with a case arranged to contain the slide and open at both ends, and a connection between the case and the slide arranged to limit the withdrawal of the slide to the hinged portion thereof.

7. A pictorial post-card comprising a slide, a folded strip secured thereto on each side of the center and adapted to receive pictures, a two-part cover hinged to the center of the slide and. arranged to overlie the folded strips,

and an elastic member connecting the two parts of the cover and tending to hold them open, in combination with a case open at both ends and arranged to contain the slide with its covers closed over the folded strips, and a flexible connection between theinterior of the case and the slide of a length sufficient to limit the withdrawal of the slide to the hinged portion thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

KARL MUNSTER.

Witnesses:

ULYSSES J. BYWATER, GEoRe KoNNER. 

